Joe Biden Government To Ask Top Court To Block Controversial Texas Abortion Law

"The Justice Department intends to ask the Supreme Court to vacate the Fifth Circuit's stay of the preliminary injunction against Texas Senate Bill 8," department spokesman Anthony Coley said.

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday said it would ask the Supreme Court to block a ban on most abortions in Texas, in the latest stage of a national battle over reproductive rights.

Last month, the US Supreme Court cited procedural issues when it decided by a 5-4 vote against intervening to block the highly restrictive Texas law.

It did not rule on the merits of the case brought by abortion providers.

Biden's administration has vowed to fight the Texas ban, citing its interest in upholding Americans' constitutional rights.